churchly

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“Beyond Belief” is far more schematic, to the extent that the various chapters—nine, to be exact—focus on aspects of the game that correspond to churchly concepts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

That theme, explored with light wit and deep humanity, makes this unabashedly churchly novel strikingly relevant to our conflicted political era.

From Washington Post • May 3, 2022

He unleashed raw operatic passion in soul-searching arias rather than a churchly Passion.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2022

In later generations, many Americans would share the Transcendentalists’ conviction that personal enlightenment could supersede churchly doctrines, and followed this faith into diverse forms of self-help and alternative spirituality.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

With the change known in history as "the revival of learning" came the struggle for freedom from churchly tyranny.

From The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History by Talmage, James Edward